Pelophylax pueyoi

Pelophylax pueyoi; Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Fossil at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Anura
Family:	Ranidae
Genus:	Pelophylax
Species:	†P. pueyoi
Binomial name
	†Pelophylax pueyoi; (Navás, 1922)
Synonyms
	Rana pueyoi Navás, 1922;

Pelophylax pueyoi is an extinct species of large frog from Late Miocene of Spain. Initially classified as a member of the "green frog" complex within the genus Rana, it has since been reclassified into the genus Pelophylax as that genus has been split from Rana.^[1]^[2]

It is known from a Konservat-Lagerstätte in the Libros sulphur mines of Teruel, where it is abundant.^[3]^[4] Fossils of both adults and tadpoles are known.^[5]

References[edit]

Amphibian (DK Eyewitness Books) by Barry Clarke and Laura Buller (page 9)
Fossils (Expert Guides) by Brenda Lewis, Paula Hammond, and Carl Mehling (page 257)

^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-03-22.

^ Sanchiz, B. (2012-01-01). "Nomenclatural notes on living and fossil amphibians". Graellsia.

^ Mcnamara, Maria E.; Orr, Patrick J.; Alcalá, Luis; Anadón, Pere; Peñalver, Enrique (2012). "What Controls the Taphonomy of Exceptionally Preserved Taxa—Environment or Biology? A Case Study Using Frogs from the Miocene Libros Konservat-Lagerstätte (teruel, Spain)". PALAIOS. 27 (1/2): 63–77. ISSN 0883-1351.

^ Blain, Hugues-Alexandre; Přikryl, Tomáš; Moreno-Ribas, Elena; Canudo, José Ignacio (2022-08-31). "The first discovery of in situ Pelophylax pueyoi (Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Miocene of Libros Konservat-Lagerstätte (Teruel, Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 42 (2). doi:10.1080/02724634.2022.2162410. ISSN 0272-4634.

^ McNamara, Maria E.; Orr, Patrick J.; Kearns, Stuart L.; Alcalá, Luis; Anadón, Pere; Peñalver-Mollá, Enrique (2010). "Exceptionally preserved tadpoles from the Miocene of Libros, Spain: ecomorphological reconstruction and the impact of ontogeny upon taphonomy". Lethaia. 43 (3): 290–306. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.2009.00192.x. ISSN 0024-1164.